TOKYO:  18th June '04 --  The Japan province chose the FMA House of prayer and meditation at Yamanaka as the location for the first part of their Provincial Chapter.  The site, beside a lake at the foot of Mt. Fuji, is literally one best suited to 'reflections'.  The Chapter has begun to tackle the weighty question of redimensioning within the Province, a task which to date has required extensive consultation throughout the province on the nature and function of each of the Salesian works, to verify what truly enables the Salesian charism in today's Japan with these men and women (in other words we are not just Salesians SDB alone, but with many others working beside us) to carry out the mission.

 

Part two of the Chapter, which will carry these reflections through to the stage of final deliberation and an organic provincial plan for our times, will take place in October.  Confreres seem to indicate that this has been amongst the best of Japan's Provincial Chapters from many points of view, not the least of these being the organisation.

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